Urinal



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J. E. BOYLE.

URINAL.

No. 329,808. Patented Nov. 8, 1885.

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farming part of Letters Patent No. 329,806, dated November 3, 1885.

Application tiled September 25, 1884. Serial No. 143,931. (No model.)

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that l, Janus E. BoYLn, a citizen of the United States,residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Urinals, of which thefollowing is a specication.

My invention relates in general to earthenware urinals which arefastened to a vertical slab, receive water at the top to rinse them, andhave a waste-pipe leading from the bottom.

The features to which my invention has particular reference are themeans of connecting the water-supply and waste pipes, the means ofapplying a faucet or cock to control the water-supply, and the means oftrapping the waste-pipe.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a front elevation of myimproved urinal. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is avertical section on lines 3 S in Figs. 2 and 4, looking from the front.e is a vertical 1nidsection on lines i e in Figs. l and 3, looking fromthe side, as in Fig. Fig. 5 is a plan, on a larger scale, of the faucetand watersupply connections removed. Fie. 6 is a longitudinalmid-section ofthe same on the same scale, showing their. connectedtogether; and

7 is an enlarged fragmentary view corresponding to the upper part ofFig. 4, and showing the application of a modified form 0f faucet.

Let il designate the earthenware bowl of the urinal, which is of theusual or any suitable construction,except that itis formed at top andbetteln with two tubuiar barrels, lettered B and BQ respectively. Fachof these barrels is molded in one piece with the bowl, is formed with acylindrical cavity extending through it from end to end in a directionperpendicular to the plane rear surface ofthe bowl, and has a passage orport extending from it into the interior ofthe bowl. At he base or rearend of each barrel it is nolded with a projecting` ange, thus making itsrear end of considerably greater diameter than its front end, as shown,for the purpose of concealing the hole in the slab, as will beexplained. The upper barrel, B, is designed for connection with thewater-supply pipe, and has a port, b, opening downward into the cavityo, which communicates, as usual, with the hollow ilushingrim, and hasalso perforations designed to admit jets of water to flow down the backwall of the bowl. The lower barrel, B', is designed to be connected withthe waste-pipe, and the part b, which leads into it, extends downwardfrom the overflow or draining space a.

The urinal-bowl A is fastened back to an upright slab, C, of marble orslate, by screws passing through holes in ears or lugs c c, as usual.Holes are made through the slab to coincide with the holes through thebarrels B B, being considerably larger than the holes through thebarrels to freely admit the clamping-flanges of the pipe-connections andto allow for some variations in the dimensions of the bowl in case ofreplacing one urinal-bowl by another. These holes through the slab arecovered and effectually concealed by the flanges at the base or rearofthe barrels, which thus impart a neat finish to the urinal. Theseflanges also serve to strengthen the barrels and prevent their breakage.The water-supply pipe passes up behind the slab C, and is wiped orotherwisejoined to a spud, D, Figs. 2 and 4. This spud curves forward,is formed with a flange, d, and a tube, c, extends forward from thisflange, is screw-threaded, and is provided with holesff through itssides. Ribs g g are preferably formed behind the liange d. This flangeenters the upper hole in the slab and comes against the rear of thebarrel B, a rubber gasket or washer, h, being interposed to make a tightjoint. The tubular portion c enters the barrel B and extends nearlythrough it. A cap, E, is provided to close the front end ofthe barrelB.- This cap is formed with a flange, t, which lits against the front ofthe barrel, a rubber washer, 71, being interposed to make the jointtight and with a tube, j, screw-threaded to screw upon the tube e, asshown in Fig. G. The cap E is placed against the front of the barrel andits tube j screwed onto the tube e until both flanges d and i are drawntight against the barrel. Thus the water-supply connection is made in asimple, strong, and convenient manner. I combine with this connectionthe faucet or cock for controlling the iiow of water into the urinal.The faucet F (shown in Figs. l to 6) is of the type known ascompression-faucets,77 its valve being screwed down against a seat. Acontraction in the spud D, forming a shoulder, k, Fig. 6, forms thevalve-seat. The cap E is perforated for the passage of the valvestem G,and the perforation is screw-threaded to engage the screw-threads Z onthe stem, by which it is moved to open or close the valve. On the cap Escrews an outer cap or stufngbox, m, in which is the lusual packingcommon to compression-faucets. The valve n is constructed and attachedto the stem in the usual manner. The stem is provided with the usualwheel or handle, p, by which to turn it. The water enters through D,escapes past the valve a when the faucet is opened into the tube e, andout through the apertures f, into the passage b, leading down to thefiushingcavity of the urinal. faucet with the pipe-connection rendersthe partsl more compact, saves the fittings and joints or connectionsheretofore used with a separate faucet, and enables the supply-pipe tobe wholly concealed behind the marble slab.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a self-closing faucet, instead of acompression-faucet, arranged according to my invention. The constructionof the faucet is substantially the same as shown in my Patent No.249,579, dated November 15, 1881, and requires no description here.Almost anyknown or practicable construction of faucet may be adapted tobe used according to this feature of my invention-such, for instance, asthe common plug or key-cock. The waste-pipe connection at the bottom ofthe urinal is similar to the'water-supply connection at the top, exceptthat the faucet is omitted and a trap is used. The spud D', which entersthe barrel B from the back, has a flange, d', apertures f', and isscrew-threaded to be engaged by threads on the cap E',

which screws on against the front of the bar-l rel.

In Fig. 4, II is a common S-trap, to the lower end of which is connectedthe wastel pipe l, and the upper end of which may be closed or leftopen, or connected by a ventilating-pipe to the roof. The tube D isjoined to the belly of the trap, being wiped or soldered thereto. Thusthe water stands in the passage b of the urinal, which, with the tubeD', becomes part of the trap. This construction has the importantadvantage that when it becomes necessary to clean the trap the plumberhas only to unscrew the cap E,when at once he has access through thetube D into the lowest portion of the trap bend.

Heretofore the waste-trap has been placed below the urinal-connectionand a third hole has been necessary through lthe slab C in order to gainaccess to the plug closing the bottom end of the trap, and this openingin the slab has been closed with a metal cap fastened by screws. vMyinvention renders this lower hole and cap unnecessary, and alsosimplifies This combination of the f the construction and reduces ,thenumber of joints or connections.

The barrel-connection herein shown and described is identical inprinciple and very similar in construction to that embodied in my PatentNo. 291,140, granted January 1, 1884. I' make no claim in thisapplication to anything shown in that patent.

I am well aware that urinalshavebeen made prior to my invention in whichthe supply and waste pipes entered through the back through openingsformed in the back plate at top and bottom of the bowl, being therebyconcealed behind the slab', and also that earthenware urinal-bowls havehad hollow chambers molded on them at top-and bottom with openings atthe back, in which the supply andwaste pipes are connected, beingfastened by nuts screwed onto them inside the chambers, thenuts beingpassed in through larger openings in the front of the chambers, closedby independent caps.

I make no broad claim to combining a supply cock or faucet with awater-pipe connection for a urinal, except when the cock is arranged inthe connection and operates inside a tubular barrel formed on the bowl;nor do I make any broad claim to so constructing the waste-trap of aurinal that the lower portion of the trap can be reached for cleaning,except when it is reached through a barrel molded on the bottom of theurinal-bowl.

I claim as my invention- 1. An earthenware urinal bowl having molded inone piece with it a tubular barrel the bore of which is cylindrical andextends through the barrel from end to end with its axis perpendicularto=the plane rear surface of the urinal-bowl, and formed with aport orpassage extending from the bore to the interior of the bowl,substantially as set forth.

2. An earthenware urinal bowl having molded in one piece with it atubular barrel the bore of which is cylindrical and extends through thebarrel from end to end, with its axis perpendicular to the plane rearsurface of the urinal-bowl, and formed with a port or passage extendingfrom the bore to the interior ofthe bowl,and with aproj ecting angeformed at the base of the barrel, constituting a coutinuation of theplane rear surface of the bowl, and adapted to cover and conceal thehole through the slab against which the urinal is to be placed,substantially as set forth.

3. An earthenware urinal-bowl formed with anopen-ended barrel molded onit, and an opening extending from its interior into the cavity of saidbarrel, in combination with a pipe-connection entering said barrel,andhaving anges drawn toward each other against the ends thereof, and witha faucet or cock arranged in said connection and operating in the cavityof said barrel, substantially as set forth.

4. The earthenware urinal-bowl A, formed with abarrel, B, molded in onepiece with it, in combination with flanged tube or spud D7 IIO enteringsaid barrel from the back, cap E, Giosing the front thereof, and faucetor cook F, borne by said cap, entering the barrel and seating itselfwithin the tube D, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of tube or Spud D, having ange d, threaded tube e,and seat k, with Cap E, having flange fi and threaded tube j, and faucetF, borne by said cap, and having valve n, seating against said seat k,substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of urinal-bowl A, having tubular barrel B formed uponits bottom,

JAMES E. BOYLE.

Vitnesses:

AUTHUR C. FRASER, GEORGE H. FRASER.

